Not getting prompt for downloading ActiveX controls.

If you still have no luck try removing everything and starting again. Something might have become corrupt along the way.

Step 1
Close all open Internet Explorer windows.
      
Step 2
Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.

Step 3
Double-click Internet Options. In Microsoft Windows XP, you may need to click the Network and Internet Connections icon before clicking Internet Options.
      
Step 4
On the General tab in the Temporary Internet files section, click Settings and then the View Objects button.

Step 5
In the Downloaded Program Files folder, click once to highlight ZoneIntro Class.

Step 6
On the File menu, click Remove Program File. When you are prompted to confirm the removal of the program file, click Yes.
Once you remove this object, repeat Steps 5 and 6 to remove these additional files:
StadiumProxy Class
StagingUI Object
ZoneBuddy Class
ZonePAChat Object

You may also need to remove addition objects
ZPA_WheelofFortune (if you installed Wheel of Fortune)
Catan Online Games (if you installed Catan Online™)
CBankshotZoneCtrl Class (if you installed a Bankshot Billiards game)
ZPA_Backgammon Object (if you installed Backgammon)

Step 7
Close the Download Program Files window and click OK to close Settings.

Step 8
On the General tab in the Temporary Internet Files section, click Delete Files and OK to clear Windows Internet Cache.

Now try to install your active x again.

I have latest version of IE and I already tried all these stuffs.. with removing downloaded objects and program files and
restarted my PC.
No Luck.

try from Control Panel - Internet Options - Advanced , Choose Restore default and try again after delteing Temporary internet files.

Also try
From IE - Tools - Internet Options - Security - Click on Custom Level and :
unde "ActiveX  Controls and plugins" "Automatic Prompting for ActiveX control" choose Enable

Are you running Windows 2000?

If so have you performed the latest security updates? Because I too am having this problem. I am not getting prompts for any form of ActiveX component.

Ie: Flash, Windows Update, PandaScan Online virus scanner.

I think some patch I insttalled by microsoft messed up some permissions.

I looked at the Microsoft forums, and a guy said the KB896688 update was the reason for causing the problems.

Him and a few other people like me are having the same problems.

Also, if you go to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs you might not be able to view anything. It keeps giving an error running scripts.

Is this happening to you?

TomTinsley hit it on the money:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/browse_thread/thread/98ab98ec9cc7f05/6d4dc9950aeb9b38%236d4dc9950aeb9b38?sa=X&oi=groupsr&start=1&num=3

Download:
http://patch-info.de/IE/Downloads/OLEfix.zip

And run the reg key. Just read the link on google groups above scroll all the way to the bottom.

When i ran this,  everything started working again.

Thanks Tom!